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Irena Klepfisz 25Sept2017 Yiddish Book Center

by: Yiddish Book Center (Liz)

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Topics: Family history, stories about ancestors, Childhood, Jewish Identity, Yiddish language, Yiddish revival and activism, Coming back to Yiddish, Yiddish scene, Yiddish speaker, Immigration, Migration, Other languages, Literature, Books, Career and Professional Life, Holocaust, Poetry, World War Two, Secular, Secularism, Non-religious, Feminism, America, United States, Politics and political movements, Yiddish Book Center, Roots, heritage, Yiddish personalities, Urban, Travel, Love, Relationships, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Poland, Michal Klepfisz, Aaron Lansky, YIVO, Workmen's Circle, Arbeter Ring, Bund, Bundist, Bundism, Jewish Labor Bund, 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, LGBTQ, LGBT rights movement, LGBT, LGBT activism, lesbian, poet, poetry, mother, father, daughter, activism, Polish

Language: English

Irena Klepfisz, lesbian poet, writer, and activist, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on September 25, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.

To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit:

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story

To cite this interview:

Irena Klepfisz Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Brooklyn, New York, September 25, 2017. Video recording, [https://archive.org/detailsIrenaKlepfisz25Sept2017YiddishBookCenter] ([date accessed])

Abstract: Irena Klepfisz, lesbian poet & writer, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on September 25, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York.

Addeddate: 2018-08-21 23:44:05

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Citation: Irena Klepfisz Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Brooklyn, New York, September 25, 2017. Video recording, [https://archive.org/detailsIrenaKlepfisz25Sept2017YiddishBookCenter] ([date accessed])

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Controlled-themes: Family histories | Childhood | Jewish Identity | Yiddish language | Yiddish revival and activism | Coming back to Yiddish | Yiddish scene | Immigration and migration | Languages | Literature | Books | Career and professional life | Holocaust | Poetry | World War II | Secular | Feminism | | United States | Politics and political movements | Yiddish Book Center | Cultural heritage | Yiddish luminaries | Urban | Travel | Relationships